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India-Pakistan
Briton ’arrested over terror links’
2003-10-30
EFL:
Foreign Office officials are investigating reports that a British man has been arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of having links to al-Qaeda. Tariq Mahmud, in his 30s and from Birmingham, was reported to have been arrested in the Pakistani capital Islamabad in an operation involving Pakistani and US intelligence officials.
I can remember when British men had names like Trevor or Clive or Cecil or Percy...
Mr Mahmud, who has two children, is said to have left Britain several years ago and is believed to have moved to the Pakistani capital after spending time in Afghanistan. A spokesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan confirmed a Tariq Mahmud had been arrested and was being questioned. "We believe he is from the Birmingham area," the spokesman added. A Foreign Office spokesman said on Thursday: "We are aware of reports of an arrest of a British national in Pakistan. Our consular staff are making enquiries with the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We are in touch with next of kin." Mr Mahmud, who is believed to hold dual British and Pakistani nationality, is reportedly being questioned about possible links with father-of-four Nigel Moazzam Begg.
The BBC seems to be concerned about The Children(tm).
Mr Begg, 35, who is also from Birmingham, was arrested in Pakistan in February 2002 and transferred to Camp X-ray at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba a year later. He is among 600 other detainees held on suspicion of links with al-Qaeda and the Taleban and is expected to face a US military tribunal. Mr Begg’s father Alistair Azmat said he was frightened and concerned to hear reports that another man had been arrested in similar circumstances to his son. Mr Begg said he did not recognise Mr Mahmud’s name as a friend of his son. He said: "I do not know the name but if he is from Birmingham and is around the same age they may know of one another."
Maybe they met at the local mosque? We’ll be sure to ask.
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